A fresh and summery meal–Pressure Cooker pasta with a Crunchy Salad

A vibrant plate full of colours of seasonal fresh vegetables, cheesyness of the pasta and the spicy hint provided by pepper. This meal was one of my favourite quick meals of past sometime. The fact that I love one pot meals and topped by the fact that everyone in the house loves pasta was just an added advantage. And this one is so super easy to make that I should may be tag it as bachelor cooking ;) Just sautee veggies, add spices, cheese, pasta and water and steam that abt it

I first heard about pressure cooker pasta somedays ago on my favorite FB haunt these days the Foodies in Bangalore group, someone posted a picture of pressure cooker macaroni and it intrigued me, I decided to give it a try and it very pleasantly surprised me, post that its become such a regular meal at home.. any day I am lazy or want a one pot meal I turn to this as the Ojas loves pasta and has taken quite a liking to this one too

We had this with a fresh and crunchy salad and some lousy bread from daily bread. Next time I won’t do that blunder and I urge you guys to think about it too ;) Don’t believe me see how crumbly the bread is in the picture below. The crust if you can even call it that was hardly sustaining the cutting with my sharp bread knife

Add the water and the pasta. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and don’t put the whistle on, let it cook on high flame till the steam starts building. Reduce the flame post that and let it cook for about 5-6 minutes.

Let it stand for 5 mins and serve hot

Can it really get easier than this? I think not :)

Recipe – Crunchy Summer Salad

5-6 green lettuce leaves

5-6 red lettuce leaves

1/2 cup thinly sliced red and yellow peppers

1/2 cup chopped physalis

for the dressing

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp red wine

1 tsp freshly ground pepper

salt to taste

How I made it

Mix all the vegetables together, if u have a salad spinner give it a spin or just mix it well enough

Stir all the dressing ingredients till well mixed, pour over the salad veggies and mix again

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Food Blogger, consultant and a home baker

An ex-IT person and a corporate slave, now a food entrepreneur, I run Sin-A-Mon which does food consulting and home baking. I love eating and love cooking even more. I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen and trying out new recipes, and sometimes adding something new to the age-old recipe to give it a twist. Cooking and baking is an art and hobby that resulted in my blog Sin-A-Mon Tale and later let to a food enterprise called Sin-A-Mon 1.5 years ago after quitting my 11 year corporate stint in software development and management. Through my home-based boutique baking setup my goal is to bring home baking to everyone. At Sin-A-Mon we also take on food consulting projects like dessert, menu designing and some amount of food writing. We also offer training to restaurants, cafes and individual enthusiasts. Sin-A-Mon also brings workshops to kids to encourage their creativity and pass on an important life skill to them.

Apart from the food part, I also like to do my bit for the society with an online Child Sexual Awareness campaign I run every April http://csaawarenessmonth.com